山西省怀仁市2020_2021学年高一英语下学期期中试题2021063002128.doc

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1、山西省怀仁市2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中试题（考试时间120分钟，满分150分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15答案是C。1. What does Jim do?A. A teacher. B. An officer. C. A student.2. What tim

2、e did Suzy leave home?A. 4:30. B. 5:00. C. 5:15.3. What is the mans suggestion?A. Going to the concert. B. Going to see a show. C. Just walking around.4. How long has the rain lasted?A. 5 days. B. 6 days. C. 7 days.5. What opinion do they hold on their chemistry course?A. Its well organized. B. It i

3、s satisfactory. C. It is unsatisfactory.第二节（共15小题）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答6、7题。6. Where does this conversation take place?A. In a library. B. In a school. C. In a bookstore.7. Why is William Shakes

4、peare mentioned（提及）in the conversation?A. He gave gifts to millions of people.B. He was a very wealthy man in his times.C. His signature（签名）is worth a lot of money.听第7段材料，回答第8至11题。8. What are the man and woman looking for?A. A comfortable hotel. B. A modem hotel. C. An inexpensive hotel.9. Whom did

5、the man and woman ask for help?A. A policewoman. B. A waitress. C. A passer-by.10. Where could the man and woman find a hotel they needed?A. In the next street. B. Next to a bank. C. Two-minute drive to the west.11. Where did the conversation most likely take place?A. In a street. B. In a restaurant

6、. C. In a hotel.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What would the woman like to do this weekend?A. Go climbing. B. Go shopping. C. Go fishing.13. What does the man plan to do on Saturday?A. Check his schedule. B. Stay at home. C. Help his sister move.14. How will the man get in touch with the woman?A. By making a

7、 phone call to the womans house.B. By making a phone call to the womans mothers house.C. By making a call to her cell phone.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What is the woman doing?A. Listening to music. B. Seeing a film. C. Writing a letter.16. How long will the woman stay in Japan?A. For a year. B. For a mont

8、h. C. For two years.17. What will the woman do before she leaves for Japan?A. Read more Japanese novels. B. Attend a language class.C. Apply for a new program.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the cause of the explosion?A. It is unknown. B. Their trucks were attacked. C.A tour bus slid off a highway.19.

9、 What happened early on Saturday morning?A. A Russian rocket was sent up.B. A tour bus slid off a highway.C. Three aid workers were killed.20. How many people were killed in the gas explosion?A. At least 4. B. About 30. C. Over 40.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选

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16、r, Mr. August J. Bachmann, was the most influential teacher I ever had. I had gotten into trouble in his class: Another student had pushed me for fun, and I became angry and began to hit him. Mr. Bachmann stopped the fight, but instead of sending me to the office, he sat me down and asked a simple q

17、uestion, “Penna, why are you wasting your life? Why arent you going to college?”I didnt know anything about colleges or scholarships. No one had ever considered that a fatherless boy from the poorest neighborhood had a future. That day, instead of rushing off for lunch, he stayed and explained possi

18、ble education options to me. At the end of our talk, he sent me to see a secretary who had a child at a state college. This was in 1962 at Emerson High School in Union City, New Jersey.Well, 55 years have passed, and what have I done with the knowledge he gave me? I gained a PhD from Fordham Univers

19、ity when 1 was only 29. I taught English and social studies and then moved up the chain of command from teacher to principal（校长）.Ive sat on the board for Magnet Schools of America and represented that organization at the United Nations. Ive won a number of great educational awards. But where would I

20、 be if a truly caring teacher had not taken the time out of his lunch period to speak to me ? It was without question only his confidence in me that helped me forward.I have repaid his kindness hundreds of times by encouraging misguided youngsters to aim higher. If I have saved any children, it is b

21、ecause of him. If I have been a successful educator, it is because I had a great role model in Mr. Bachmann.24. The writer before Mr. Bachmann talked to him.A. liked making troubles in class B. was an active boyC. was an aimless boy D. would get punished by his teachers25. Which of the following bes

22、t describes Mr. Bachmann?A. Confident. B. Fair. C. Humorous. D. Inspiring.26. How did Mr. Bachmann influence the writer?A. He set the writer on the right path. B. He helped the writer with his study.C. He was strict with the writer. D. He tried to set a good example to the writer.27. What does the w

23、riter think of his achievement?A. He feels his effort gets paid off at last.B. He is very proud of himself.C. He thinks it an honor to be a successful educator.D. He owes his achievement to Mr. Bachmann.CJohn was part of my childhood growing up in the 1970s and a link to sunny, fun-filled days spent

24、 on the beach at Bangor in Northern Ireland where we went for our summer holidays. To many, he was a mystery. Every afternoon John would wander to the end of the pier （码头） where he fed the seagulls and delighted in the sound of their excited cries as they flew around his head.Often I asked my family

25、 questions regarding John. Eventually I gave up as no one could tell me anything about him. As I grew up, my visits to the beach became less frequent, and my memories of John buried in a childs imagination.Last year memories came flooding back as I walked along the coastline, where I noticed a lady

26、feeding the seagulls on the pier, and I decided to introduce myself. Then I came to know that the lady was Johns daughter, and after John left this world she carried out the ritual, which had held such importance for her father.In some strange way I felt we shared a bond, each needing to remember. I

27、n return, Lucy told me of Johns life, his days in the British Navy during World War I and how he almost lost hope when his ship was attacked by a German U-boat in the North Sea and he found himself in a lifeboat with five others.Close to death, he thought he heard the sound of wings. He put up his h

28、ands, only to catch a seagull that had landed on the side of the boat. The seagull saved the lives of the six men as it was used to catch fish, which kept them alive until they reach land. This period of Johns life was one he never talked about. But the ritual he first performed as a young man remai

29、ned a part of him until he died.Now I visit Lucy as often as I can, just to chat or very often walk along the beach to the pier end. We enjoy the comfortable silence, each lost in special memories.28. Seeing John feeding the seagulls, the author might feel .A. worried B. curious C. proud D. guilty29

30、. The underlined word “ritual” in the third paragraph can be replaced by .A. law B. interest C. tradition D. procedure30. We can infer from the text that John .A. was a man with a grateful heart B. once served in both World WarsC. joined the navy in the 1970s D. spent his childhood in Bangor31. What

31、 does the author mainly tell us in the text?A. The story of how she made friends with a lady.B. Her thanks to a seagull that saved her life.C. Her memories of a man who fed seagulls.D. Her childhood spent on the beach at Bangor.DOne advantage of the Internet is shopping conveniently online for cloth

32、es; one disadvantage of the Internet is also shopping conveniently online for clothes.“Nothing fits,” said Lam Yuk Wong, a senior in electrical and computer engineering at Rice University. “Everyone says this. They order clothes and they dont fit. People get very unhappy.”Wong and her design partner

33、, Xuaner “Cecilia” Zhang, are Team White Mirror, creators of what they call a “virtual（虚拟）fitting room”. Their goal is simple and consumer-friendly: to let online clothing shoppers have a perfect fit and a perfect look when shopping every time.Both women are from China, Wong from Hong Kong and Zhang

34、 from Beijing. They both order most of their clothing online. They got the idea from their own experience as consumers and from listening to the complaints of friends and relatives. “They say, The color is wrong or I got the right size but it still does not fit. We want to make it like youre in the

35、store trying on the clothes,” Zhang said.Using a Kinect developed by Microsoft for use with its Xbox 360 video game player, Zhang scans Wong and turns her image into, in effect, a virtual model, keeping Wongs dimensions（尺寸），and even her skin and hair color. We put the clothes on the shoppers 3-D bod

36、y models and show how they look when they are dressed, Wong said. So far, Wong and Zhang have adapted the software to show dresses and shirts, and they are now working on shorts. Asked if she thought men as well as women might be interested in using their virtual fitting room, Wong said, “I think th

37、eir wives will care about this, so it will also be important to men.,32. Why is shopping conveniently online for clothes a disadvantage?A. Students may easily get addicted to it.B. Clothes bought online may not fit.C. It attracts more online clothing shoppers.D. It causes shoppers to waste too much

38、money.33. Wong and Zhang got the idea to design a virtual fitting room fromA. a program at their university B. the Xbox 360 video game playerC. their shopping experiences D. some shop-owners complaints34. Which of the following shows the process of using the virtual fitting room?A. trying on clothes

39、getting imagesscanningB. scanninggetting modelstrying on clothesC. trying on clothesgetting modelsscanningD. scanningtrying on clothesgetting images35. What did Wong think of her virtual fitting room?A. It will have its market share. B. It is limited to women shoppers.C. It is perfectly developed. D

40、. It is like a kind of video game player.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Tips for Using Google Maps When You TravelTraveling somewhere new can bring exciting adventures. But it can also bring unwelcome surprises. That may be in the tools you use before and during your t

41、rip. With the right technology, you can make the most of your time on the road. 36. While people most commonly use Google Maps for directions from one place to another, it offers many other kinds of travel tools. Today, we bring you several tips for using Google Maps.Plan a road trip routeWhen you a

42、re traveling on a road trip, you do not have to plan each part of the trip separately with Google Maps. 37. To plan a road trip, open Google Maps. Search for your first destination, and then click on the arrow to get directions. Then, click on the plus（）sign to add more destinations to your trip.Sav

43、e your maps for offline use38 Or you may not want to pay international charges for using your phone in other countries. The good news is that you can still use Google Maps even without the Internet. You can download a map from Google Maps to your phone. To do this, open the Google Maps app on your p

44、hone and search for the area you want to save. Click on the address at the bottom of the screen, then choose Download.Use Google Maps for a walk or bike rideWhile Google Maps may first give users directions to a place by car, it also offers biking or walking directions. 39. The results also tell you

45、 the elevation change of the route, so you know how much energy you will have to use by choosing to walk or ride a bicycle.Save money on gasIf you are planning a car trip in North America, Google Maps can show you the lowest gas prices in the United States and Canada. Search for “gas stations” on th

46、e Google Maps app and you will see a list of nearby stations with gas prices. 40 . Therefore, Google Maps is really a great convenience to tourists.A. When traveling, you may not always have access to the Internet.B. You can get those directions by clicking the walking or bicycle icon.C. Google Maps has many tech tools that help make traveling easier.D. The “gas stations55 on the Google Maps app are sometimes difficult to find.E. The apps and maps are of great help when people are going to a store or supermarket.F. They will also be marked on the map so that y